February has not been kind to Waynedale over the past few years. Last year the blizzard hit on February 14 and this year it was the flood. Last year's February blizzard brought 7.4 inches of snow and 25 mph winds. Of course, who can forget the blizzard of 78 in late January? That one dropped seventeen inches of snow with 4 degree tempts and a -60 degree wind chill.

This years flood closed Calhoun and Tillman, Winchester between Bluffton Road and Airport Expressway, the 1700 block of Catalpa...

Lunar New Year fell on February 7th this year. This is the year of the Rat. Few people in Fort Wayne were aware of this Lunar New Year day, which is celebrated by most Asian cultures including Chinese, Vietnamese, Burmese, Thais and Koreans. This is the most celebrated day of the year; it is equivalent to the Christmas of Western culture. In several big cities across America, such as Los Angeles and Chicago, numerous functions were held, and many people came to experience these...

After the last big snow in February, my husband, Doug, and I were outside cleaning the snow out of our driveway and topping off our bird and squirrel feeders. We both had to get to work, so we were doing this before 6 a.m. while it was still dark.

We live in the Elmhurst neighborhood. We have a squirrel feeder mounted on the side of a tree, one of those with a long screw to put an ear of corn on and a tray underneath in which we put sunflower seed.

Monday, February 4, at 6pm we were at Baer Field trying to make an Allegiant flight from Fort Wayne to Fort Lauderdale. A weather inversion had blanketed the city with fog and we were socked in. The departures board hanging on the wall of the terminal had just registered a one-hour delay, but the weatherman was calling for fog until 3:00am. There were five of us waiting to get out of town for a weeks fishing in Key West. We headed over to the Waynewood Inn to grab some dinner and discuss our...

Joe Wilhelm is a senior at Wayne High School and has been involved in numerous activities, including: Statistician for the varsity baseball team, National Honors Society, Fort Wayne Community Schools Superintendent's Student Advisory Council, and Youth Leadership Fort Wayne to name a few. The activity that has been the most beneficial to him has been his four year involvement in the Air Force Junior ROTC Program. Through ROTC, and other activities, he has been involved in...